Culture

June 27, 2023

Brewing in the PA Wilds: Bent Run Brewing

With a rotating schedule of unique specials and experimental beers, travelers and residents alike are bound to find something tasty to enhance their trip to the Allegheny National Forest and Surrounds landscape of the PA Wilds at Bent Run Brewing Company in Warren, PA. This small-batch craft brewery with local culinary delights is located alongside the beautiful Allegheny River, a perfect backdrop for a cold beer and a belly-filling meal after a paddling adventure on the river or hiking or biking journey on local trails.

June 26, 2023

The Kinzua Bridge Tornado – 20 Years Later

A wise person once noted, “Mother Nature is beautiful, Mother Nature is powerful, and Mother Nature is cruel.” Nowhere is this truer than in the Kinzua Creek Valley where, in fewer than 30 seconds, the “powerful and cruel” became real on July 21, 2003 and something “beautiful” that stood for 121 years, was gone. It has been 20 years since the Kinzua Viaduct/Bridge was blown out by a tornado.

June 23, 2023

Introducing the PA Wilds Breweries and Outfitters Series

Over the next few months, we’re taking time to highlight the businesses (and the people behind them!) that make our travels in the PA Wilds all the more enriching, thrilling, enjoyable, adventurous… and tasty!

June 2, 2023

Snap your family’s adventure! PA Great Outdoors photo contest open until end of August

There are many great places to explore with your family in Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors region, part of the Pennsylvania Wilds that includes the counties of Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest and Jefferson. If you capture some of those special memories with a photo while traveling in the PA Great Outdoors region, consider entering it into the 2023 Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau's Family Outdoor Adventures Photo Contest!

June 1, 2023

New Susquehanna Grains & Grapes Trail for beer and wine lovers

Hoping to relax with a beer or glass of wine during your travels around Clinton County? As you explore the Susquehanna River, use a new tasting trail to guide you to some wonderful drinks that showcase the flavors of the I-80 Frontier and Pine Creek Valley landscapes of the PA Wilds. The Clinton County Economic Partnership’s Visitors Bureau is hoping to attract a 21+ crowd from near and far with a new beer and wine tasting adventure, the Susquehanna Grains & Grapes Trail.

May 26, 2023

A Titanic spot in the PA Wilds

Writer Lou Bernard introduces us to a historical hidden gem in the PA Wilds: a small brick building in Lock Haven that has ties to the doomed voyage of the Titanic and its captain.

May 23, 2023

PA Wilds resident’s photo to appear on Clinton County Logan Mills Covered Bridge puzzle

A PA Wilds resident snapped the picture that will appear on the Clinton County Economic Partnership Visitors Bureau’s second puzzle in the "Clinton County Landmarks" puzzle series. George Masden lives in Mackeyville, just south of Lock Haven in Clinton County, in the I-80 Frontier landscape of the PA Wilds. The winning image of the Covered Bridge at Logan Mills was selected from more than 30 photos submitted in the recent "Capture the Covered Bridge" photo contest. It will be the “face” of a 550-piece, 18x24-inch jigsaw puzzle.

April 25, 2023

“Capture the Covered Bridge” photo contest for puzzle, deadline May 15

The Covered Bridge at Logan Mills will be the subject of the 2023 puzzle, the second in the Clinton County Visitors Bureau’s annual "Clinton County Landmarks" puzzle series. The Visitors Bureau, part of the Clinton County Economic Partnership, is now accepting pre-orders for the puzzle, and, as was the case for last year’s inaugural puzzle of Hyner View, is conducting a "Capture the Covered Bridge" photo contest to gather pictures of the iconic covered bridge, one of which will be selected to serve as the image on the puzzle.

March 29, 2023

Roadside markers in the Pennsylvania Wilds

If you’ve done any sort of traveling in Pennsylvania, you’ve definitely seen them: the roadside historic markers. Invariably dark blue with yellow lettering, these markers stand beside the roads in Pennsylvania to capture the stories and tell the history of specific locations. They are created and maintained by the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, and they’re found in every county.

March 24, 2023

Piecing together the history of a short-lived industry at Eagleton Fields

With nearly 20,000 years of human occupation documented in Pennsylvania, there’s an amazing variety of history to highlight in our forests. This includes Eagleton Fields Mines, located at the site of a former mining village in Clinton County in the Tangascootac watershed.